事じ前ぜん従じゅう犯はん人にん

noun

accessory before the fact

Legal term for a person who aids or abets a crime before it is committed, as opposed to an accessory after the fact (事後従犯).

See also: 事前従犯

• 事じ前ぜん従じゅう犯はん人にんとして起き訴そされた。

  He was indicted as an accessory before the fact.